[10566] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Financial Economics Network and Electronic Commerce
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Wayne Marr)
Sun Feb 27 03:31:42 1994
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 94 22:09 EST
To: com-priv@psi.com
From: "Wayne Marr" <MARRM@clemson.clemson.edu>
Feel free to post widely.
Financial Economics Network
9 New Channels -- 40 Channels in all
Short news item: Financial Economics Network is working in cooperation
with FinanceNet of Vice President Al Gore's reinvention of government group.
The ultimate aim of FinanceNet is to connect local, state and federal
financial officials into an electronic network.
AFA-ACTU (Actuarial Finance) AFA-JOB (Job Postings)
AFA-AUDT (Auditing) AFA-LDC (Bank/Fin Less Dev. Cntry)
AFA-ECOM (Electronic Commerce) AFA-RES (Job Resumes)
AFA-ENGR (Financial Engineering) AFA-THRY (Financial Theory)
AFA-GORE (FinanceNet) -- not ready
We now have over forty different channels
and over 2,900 subscribers
Although the Network was formed less than a month ago, there are already
more than 2,900 subscribers, with nearly 250 being added each week. In
less than a month, Financial Economics Network has become the largest
electronic network in the world linking people with scholarly and
practical interests in business and economics. And this does not
include distribution points in the United States, Canada, the U.K
France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Australia,
Finland, Russia, Estonia, Israel, South Africa, Zambia, New Zealand,
Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand. As part of our publicity
campaign, we are mailing (by fax and regular mail) this announcement
to many media contacts in the U.S. and around the world. If you
know of a person, I should contact, please let me know.
Our goal is to make Financial Economics Network the best, largest
and truly global network on the Internet -- equivalent to the
Financial News Network on television (but with interactivity).
The Network consists of a master subscription, called AFA-FIN, with 40
channels. The current channels one may choose from are given below: ith 9
AFA-ACCT (Accounting and Finance) AFA-INT (International Finance)
AFA-ACTU (Actuarial Finance) AFA-INV (Investments)
AFA-AGE (Gerontology Finance) AFA-JOB (Job Postings)
AFA-AGRI (Agricultural Finance) AFA-LDC (Bank/Fin Less Dev. Cntry)
AFA-AUDT (Auditing) AFA-LE (Law & Economics)
AFA-BANK (Banking) AFA-MATH (Mathematical Finance)
AFA-CORP (Corporate Finance) AFA-MKTM (Market Microstructure)
AFA-CFA (Financial Analysts) AFA-PERS (Personal Finance)
AFA-DER (Derivative Securities) AFA-PUB (Public Finance)
AFA-DEF (Defense/Mil. Reconfig.) AFA-REAL (Real Estate)
AFA-ECOM (Electronic Commerce) AFA-REG (Regulation)
AFA-ECMT (Econometrics and Finance) AFA-RES (Resumes)
AFA-EDU (Education Finance) AFA-S-IV (Small Investor)
AFA-EMKT (Emerging Markets) AFA-SBUS (Small Business Finance)
AFA-ENGR (Financial Engineering) AFA-SINV (Social Investing)
AFA-ENVI (Environmental Finance) AFA-SOFT (Financial Software)
AFA-GORE (FinanceNet) -- not ready AFA-TECH (Tech. Invest. Analysis)
AFA-HEAL (Health Finance) AFA-THRY (Financial Theory)
AFA-INS (Insurance) AFA-VCAP (Venture Capital)
AFA-INST (Teaching/Instruction) AFA-WA-R (Real Estate in WA state)
We welcome and encourage suggestions for other channels which would be useful
to you and other subscribers.
Additional plans for the Network include: an electronic phonebook in financial
economics; electronic bulletin boards, called usenets, which may include such
things as logs of FEN discussions, job openings, and resumes; virtual
conferences on topics of interest to the financial community; Internet finance
courses offered by world-renown faculty; and possible electronic journals in
financial economics.
None of this will come smoothly, of course. But we all firmly believe that
projects such as the Financial Economics Network will fundamentally alter
communication in financial economics in the coming years.
Any suggestions you have concerning the plans of Financial Economics
Network are welcomed. We also welcome sponsorship of projects that will
enhance services. Please contact Wayne Marr or John Trimble at the e-mail
addresses and/or telephone numbers below.
Access to the Network is free. But you must request a subscription to be
included. Please contact Wayne Marr at Clemson University or John Trimble at
Washington State University; John Trimble's Internet address is
trimble@vancouver.wsu.edu; telephone: (206) 737-2039. Wayne Marr can be
reached at his Internet address: marrm@clemson.clemson.edu; telephone (803)
656-0796 (voice) or send a facsimile to (803) 653-5516 (fax).
Founders of the Financial Economics Network
Michael Jensen, Harvard University
Wayne Marr, Clemson University
John Trimble, Washington State University
